Hollywood

Definitely Harrison Ford! Oh, I was so in luuuv! I had a life-size poster of him in my bedroom. I’ve since taken that down per my husband’s request.

Riya even recognizes faces in pictures on the wall behind your subjects. One of the funniest things happened when I uploaded our Christmas pictures. I was labeling my son’s picture in front of his new Millennium Falcon and his Star Wars action figures. Suddenly a little box appeared that said, “Who’s this?” — It was a picture of Harrison Ford as Han Solo that was part of the packaging on the Star Wars toys. Should I have added Han Solo or Harrison Ford to my contact list?

Jack Stanfield (Harrison Ford) is a security expert working at a major bank devising firewalls that prevent thieves from stealing money online. Bill (Paul Bettany) comes with a proposition to the bank, which eventuates as a more personal one to Jack. Bill, along with his gang, kidnap Jack's wife and two children and hold them hostage. Jack is forced to electronically transfer funds from the bank for Bill, who knows what matters to Jack most. A battle of wits ensues between the men in which only one of them can come out alive.

In the realm of tech-heavy novels I much prefer, say, Tom Clancy’s The Hunt For Red October where out main characters all have history and back story and motivation. (Ramius feels the Soviet Union was ultimately responsible for the death of his wife and that détente requires that nether side get ahead of the other in an arms race. Jack Ryan was basically an academic who found himself dropped into the middle of a very dangerous, very tense situation and told to prevent a war — all he really wanted to do was get home to his wife and daughter and get back to writing. It wasn’t until the later books that Ryan became a super hero and Harrison Ford had to take over the role.) However, that’s just the way I remember the books. Before I’d trust myself to write more than one paragraph on the topic I would have to read them again.

So, that’s why I cast my vote for Indiana Jones as the greater character, overall. However, of all the actors who have portrayed James Bond over the years, Sir Sean Connery is, by far, the greatest. No actor, not even the mighty Harrison Ford, will ever outshine the man who played the original James Bond.

We saw Firewall, a thriller with Harrison Ford and Virginia Masden. I figured, how bad could this be? This is a movie about a big-time network security guy, so it had some geek interest for me. They did a nice job with the technology stuff, even using what appeared to be an actual Cisco router terminal screen in one close-up. Lots of Windows XP screens and Dell servers in racks, but the effort to make it look high tech was pretty convincing.

In a sense, one of the key points the story is tending toward arrives right here, in a speech not usually emphasized in productions – although Branagh's Hamlet does recognize it. After all, the careful creation of Fortinbras, laid out in Act I, as identical to Hamlet in being the nephew of a king and son of a slain king, and moreover a king slain by Hamlet's slain king of a father before he was slain, was not done by accident. Fortinbras is Hamlet's shadowing double, like that little French archaeologist in Raiders of the Lost Ark who shadows Harrison Ford, or Quilty to Humbert Humbert for those of you who are Lolita fans, or, um, um. Well, bardseye can't think of any more, and invites his readers to think for him.

I went to Border’s and picked up the Mars special Astronomy magazine issue, and the Time special Scientific American issue. I was motivated, after the IMAX. Then, I saw that the new Harrison Ford movie, Firewall, had just started. So I went in. It seemed to be the right thing to do at the moment, since the RSA security conference had just ended.

Do you remember the Raiders of the Lost Ark movie where Harrison Ford stands at the edge of a great precipice? He's supposed to step out over the abyss, for he was told that if he did so, a bridge would appear miraculously beneath his feet. He would not fall! Of course he was a little reluctant to try his luck, but the situation, you may recall, left him no choice. There was no turning back. So he takes the fateful step and sure enough a stone arch appears beneath his feet. See? You just gotta believe!

According to Bitsofnews.com, The 4th Indiana Jones movie is set to film after work is completed on the the final installment in the Jason Bourne trilogy starring, as usual, Matt Damon. Unfortunately the movie, once again starring Harrison Ford, probably won’t come out until late in 2007, or early 2008.

So, I watch myself climb onto the cannon and drop over the side of the raft. (No comments from the Freudian peanut gallery) Except right here in this part I look like a young Harrison Ford. Go figure.

Then his big break: playing Harrison Ford’s detective sidekick in the 1990 courtroom thriller “Presumed Innocent.” That role led to his hiring for the final four years of “L.A. Law.”

Today as Josh and Abby were taking naps, I was listening to Ben playing in the other room. I was in the office trying to look something up, when I heard Ben say “We need more pacifiers.” I was rolling with laughter. I only wish I could add a sound clip so you could hear the way he said it. It was almost like a lieutenant radioing in a request for reinforcements on some epic war movie. I don’t think Harrison Ford could have delivered the line any better.

My main criticism with the work is the incontinuity *within* the plot itself (I fully understand and accept that this is not a continuation of the first). Without going deeply into the plot, there are some scenarios where he will start what seems like an arc, but then the arc disappears, without entering into the plot again. It seems like whole parts of the book were created just for the sake of showing artwork, and not progressing plot (to me, plot should always come first in a written work, which this is, despite the medium). It feels like the recent Star Wars movies in that they are really a showcase for Lucas's technique with fully rendered set and have lost any semblence of a cohesive plot and great acting (especially Harrison Ford) that made the first three the classics that they are. Yes, while I do appreciate the eye candy, this is still a graphic novel, and, as such, I expect a cohesive plot and not random interjections of this and that and whatever.

In the movie he seems not just driven, but much more conflicted. Joss may be going to far when he predicts Nathan Fillion is the next Harrison Ford, but I have to admit that Fillion certainly deserves to be. Adam Baldwin continues to shine as Jayne, and his ability to turn a two dimensional thug intended for comic relief into a three dimensional thug intended for comic relief is a credit both to his own acting abilities and Joss’s ability to write parts that good actors can sound out and round out.

I think we’re all well aware that Seth McFarlane loves the Indiana Jones movies, but it’s starting to seem like he has an unhealthy man on man type of love for Harrison Ford (which would be somewhat understandable) or… Steven Spielberg (which would just be weird).

“The female lead has to be independent and feisty, because the women in the audience feel insulted if she’s shallow or too easy to win over. And the male has to be, you know, sort of wry and manly and infuriating in that Harrison Ford way.

I have a great idea for Bluetooth placement in a feature film to put them over the top. In the 3rd act climax of a hijacking thriller, when the undefinably-ethnic terrorist is finally wrapped up by our hero (a crusty but benign retired cop–think Harrison Ford/Nick Notle) and they grapple on the floor in first class, our hero reaches out and yanks the Bluetooth headset from the terrorist’s ear and jabs it in his eye all in one motion. We get a good shot of the logo of the headset on the closeup of it in his eye. Our hero says, “You’ve been disconnected.” Or some other great line. We can work on this–maybe you have some ideas. But the message will be as clear as the reception on your phone: Bluetooth defeats terrorism. Think about it, Bluetooth. I’m available for copywriting.

Whatever becomes of this possible acquistion, Spielberg is teaming up with Harrison Ford for the fourth Indiana Jones, so he is far and away not leaving the director’s chair. I wonder if this will make his films more interesting. I really haven’t been excited about anything from Spielberg since Jurassic Park (1993). AI was godawful, WOW did not have the wow-factor. Shrek? Good for the kids but a few too many fart jokes to hold my interest. Didn’t even get through the sequel.

The ‘Millennium Falcon’ miniature building set piece used in the Harrison Ford and Ridley Scott masterpiece Blade Runner. This large-scale set piece which began life as a Millennium Falcon miniature constructed by an ILM model maker, appeared in the cityscape overflight scenes of Blade Runner, standing upright and lighted as a building in the acid-rain soaked future city.

I've never seen the original "Apocalypse Now", but I recently watched the extended "Redux" edition, which was stunning. It is one of the more unrealistic war movies, but at the same time one of the best films ever made. The psychological epic will certainly leave most viewers pondering many issues long after the credits roll. Francis Ford Coppola is one of the finest directors ever, and he is helped here by a stellar cast, including Martin Sheen, Marlon Brando, Robert Duvall, Dennis Hopper, Laurence Fishburne, and a brief appearance by Harrison Ford.

No list of the best movie series' would be complete without Harrison Ford and Indiana Jones. This is one of the few series where the movies might have actually gotten better as they came out. These movies have humor, romance, adventure, action and even a little taste of historical fiction. Keep in mind, the fifth Indy movie will be out next summer.

I have always been a fan of Star Wars for many of the same reasons you have mentioned. One of the strongest qualities of the six episode series has been the character development and connecting the story to the audience (relatibility). So many action flicks pay no attention or effort to relating the characters to the audience, and therefore when a spectator views the film, he or she could not give a damn about the characters and the story is thus meaningless. Most action films are mere eye candy, but the Star Wars series raised the bar initially with episodes IV-VI [with characters like Luke, but especially Harrison Ford's Hans Solo].

However, before Paramount can move forward with the project, Harrison Ford needs to sign off the script. Unfortunately, he hasn’t read it yet.

After watching Revenge of the sith on opening night (or morning - 12 AM) we decided to watch the older episodes IV-VI. We started watching The Empire Strikes Back (episode V) on Saturday and finished watching it today. It is a good film, perhaps the best of all of them. Harrison Ford is definitely in his prime and Carrie Fisher plays princess Leia as only she could. The scenes in the icy planet (filmed in Norway) are awesome and we finally get introduced to Yoda. The odd thing about this is that Yoda is not as they’ve prtayed him in the...

The only Star Wars character I ever liked was Han Solo. Harrison Ford did the most credible acting job in the whole series and created the only really compelling character in my view. Everyone else was reading off of queue cards compared to what he did, and, much unlike almost everyone else in the movie, he actually went on and had a career that was bigger than his Star Wars character afterward. All because of kick ass Han Solo.

The website is one of the coolest I've ever seen ...very interactive and very informative. (I'll be talking more about it in another post) And, get this, Harrison Ford - yes, the actor Harrison Ford - is the honorary chairman.

Where did the idea for Jabba the Hutt originate? Did you know the character of Chewbacca was inspired by film creator George Lucas' family dog? ANIMAL ICONS: STAR WARS CREATURES unveils how these fantasy creatures got their origin from actual animals found on Earth. Airing the eve of the premiere of the sixth and final film STAR WARS: EPISODE III Revenge of the Sith, the special features interviews with the films' actors, animators and creature designers, including George Lucas and stars Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, and Carrie Fisher. The program...

I saw the violinist Joshua Bell once, he’s pretty close to too cool for school. Scientific American had a profile of Physicist Fotini Markopoulou Kalamara. She is working on unifying theories between relativity and quantum theory to understand the nature of space and time. She is thirty- one and she is peering past the laws of time and space! That, my friends qualifies as too cool for school. For example, Stephen Hawking is too cool for school, Harrison Ford is not. Jimmy Carter could be too cool for school, Shaq is just a basketball player....

This is based on a true story. It’s about a Russian submarine and all its people on board who just had strokes of bad luck, one after the other, resulting in numerous deaths, and not to nice ones at that. Liam Neeson is likable, Harrison Ford is not, and his accent is VERY bad. Bad enough to be amusing. Very dark and serious movie.

When Star Wars came out in 1977, I saw it so many times, I’ve lost count. I don’t remember which friends were with me, but I know my two sisters were there. My “baby” brother was still in diapers, I think. It doesn’t matter. All I remember is the movie and how much I wished I lived in that exciting universe. I had crushes on Mark Hamill (who is still married to the wife of his youth) and Harrison Ford, and when The Empire Strikes Back came out, my crush on Billy Dee Williams was renewed.

Another book-inspired film that I saw before being tempted by the book: The Mosquito Coast. Harrison Ford was great in that movie, which I recall seeing in the theatre as a kid. I have a copy of the book now, after Jessica and I recently discovered Paul Theroux through Rhythm Ship singer Maggie Woods.

Matthew MacConaughey, Penelope Cruz and Steve Zahn, along with William H. Macy, combine their forces against evil in this action-packed drama that owes a lot to Indiana Jones (not to mention Harrison Ford) and maybe a tiny bit to the recent film, National Treasure.

Harrison Ford has played a variety of characters in the movies, but his secret technique may be that he really knows how to emote with his fingers.

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Well you've seen a bunch of footage on TV and there are rumors about Harrison Ford being involved in a movie about the assault on Fallujah by our ass kickin' United State Marines.

Residents of posh Bowen Island, a quick ferry ride from Vancouver, B.C., have a new neighbor. Harrison Ford was in the area filming "The Wrong Element" and liked it so much he paid $13 million for a waterfront home.

“They don’t do this to Harrison Ford. Then again, he doesn’t run around in a speedo. Therein lies the genius of Harrison Ford.”

there's a screening of Sahara on the 28th. Matthew McConaughey will be there, and we hear he's got excellent weed, which can only enhance the experience of seeing him pretend to be Harrison Ford.

"Star Wars," "The Empire Strikes Back" and "Return of the Jedi" recount the rise of Anakin's farmboy son, Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill), who teams with his newfound sister Leia (Carrie Fisher) and brash smuggler Han Solo (Harrison Ford) to take down the Empire and ultimately redeem Vader, bringing him back to the side of the good guys.

She worked alongside director Mike Nichols in ''Regarding Henry,'' starring Harrison Ford, and director Alan J. Pakula in the film ''Consenting Adults.'' She also admits going through periods when she was obsessed with such filmmakers as ''Goodfellas'' director Martin Scorsese and Robert Altman, known for films like ''Gosford Park,'' among others.

"Star Wars," "The Empire Strikes Back" and "Return of the Jedi" recount the rise of Anakin's farmboy son, Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill), who teams with his newfound sister Leia (Carrie Fisher) and brash smuggler Han Solo (Harrison Ford) to take down the Empire and ultimately redeem Vader, bringing him back to the side of the good guys.

Will Smith is a total charmer, as is Martin Sheen. And Tom Hanks -- if every celebrity was as nice as Tom Hanks, I'd be out of business. Harrison Ford is great on the screen, but he is one of the most unpleasant interviews in the world. He is startlingly inarticulate, and he is not as hunky as he is on the screen. He is small and fleshy and has nothing to say.

Godard and his colleague and sometimes rival Fran�ois Truffaut drew from the same caldron of exuberantly youthful French actors. The idea of trading cast members would inspire George Lucas and Francis Ford Coppola's use of Harrison Ford, Robert Duvall and Cindy Williams in their early movies.

We get a lot of inside poop, too, like hearing about some of the actors considered for various voices (George Clooney and Harrison Ford were early candidates for Mr. Incredible, a role that went to Craig T. Nelson). A blooper reel catalogs actual mistakes made during the production -- with a hilarious laugh-track accompaniment -- instead of the usual cartoon-characters-screwing-up-gags bit. There are also interviews, if they can be called that, with the animated cast conducted by TV entertainment show journalists.

Harrison Ford is set for a new sidekick when he returns to the big screen as Indiana Jones - in the shape of actress Scarlett Johansson.